NDDC Procured Rotten Food Items With N6.2bn – PDC

The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission COVID-19 Palliatives Distribution Committee(PDC) has alleged that some under privileged people in the Niger Delta region rejected the rotten food item distributed to them by the sacked Interim Management Committe(IMC) of the NDDC because they could be poisonous. He also alleged that the sacked IMC team, stage managed the distribution of the food and medical items it claimed to have purchased with the N6.2bn approved for the indigent residents of the region, as palliatives by the President Muhammadu Buhari. These allegations were contained in a petition the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission COVID-19 Palliatives he and other members of his committee presented to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. The petitioner said, “The palliatives distribution was officially flagged off in Port Harcourt on May 21, 2020 with the mandate to commence distribution. Today, all of that can be regrettably described as a show of shame and a scam. “As the Chairman of the PDC, my findings are not only that the money cannot be accounted for, but there was nothing on the ground to show that N6.2bn of our hard earned taxpayers’ money was invested for its original purpose which the President approved. “As the chairman of the PDC, i cannot account for the palliatives as my committee was totally sidelined and the IMC hijacked the process because of their secret plots. This happened just because i, as the chairman, demanded for accountability and transparency in the processes, as well as value for money with respect to the palliatives.